One of the major themes raised by the Occupy movement is the increasing power of large corporations over more and more aspects of our lives. Harriet Washington is a medical ethicist and has just published a book that examines the extent to which what she calls the medical-industrial complex has come to control human life. By [...]
By Jorge Rivas | Published in ColorLines A Florida state law requiring welfare applicants to pass drug tests has been temporarily blocked by an Orlando federal judge who said it likely violates the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures On May 31 of this year, Florida Tea Party Gov. Rick Scott enacted a law requiring all [...]
As protests continue against Wall Street and the nation’s biggest banks, Democracy Now! speaks to British journalist Ed Vulliamy, author of “Amexica: War Along the Borderline.” By Democracy Now! | Published in Democracynow.org At the time, Wachovia was the nation’s fourth-largest bank. It has since been taken over by Wells Fargo. “You can’t drive around [...]
Lawsuit uses 10th amendment to challenge federal overreaching and commandeering of state law By Kris Hermes | Americans for Safe Access Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country’s largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court today challenging the Obama Administration’s attempt to subvert local and state medical marijuana laws in California. ASA [...]
Bill of Rights for kids of incarcerated parents, a call to end the War on Drugs and to “Ban the Box” on job applications among many ideas presented at the Long Beach Peace and Justice Summit. By Sam Sabzehzar | October 26, 2011 Opening the Peace and Justice Summit was Drug Policy Alliance’s Stephen Gutwillig, [...]
By Sam Sabzehzar | October 26, 2011 Anna T. Boyce, one of the Co-authors of California’s Compassionate Use Act, is urging President Obama to do what he does best and sit down to discuss the escalating overreach by Federal authorities on medical marijuana in their war on drugs. In what has become an overwhelming show [...]
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Former NYPD Detective Testifies that Police Regularly Plant Drugs on Innocent People to Meet Arrest Quota By David Borden | Published by Drug Policy Alliance Stephen Anderson, a former NYPD narcotics detective, testified yesterday that he regularly saw police plant drugs on innocent people as a way to meet arrest quotas. Mr. Anderson is testifying [...]
With the help of many organizations, including Americans for Safe Access and The Human Solution, as well as Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Policy who bused in patients from the Inland Empire to stand in solidarity with hundreds of patients to demand an end to federal pressure on medical cannabis states.
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By Sam Sabzehzar | October 24, 2011 Jahan Marcu, a PhD candidate at Temple University, explains the Endocannabinoid System with Dr Michelle Sexton, as they take a train from Germany to Amsterdam. Both doctors were in Europe attending the International Research of Cannabinoid Medicine Conference, in Bonn, before heading over to Holland. The two are [...]
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By Lucia Graves | Published in HuffingtonPost.com GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he would consider issuing a full presidential pardon for anyone serving a prison sentence for marijuana. Asked in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday if he’d consider pardoning all nonviolent marijuana offenders currently serving a prison sentence, Johnson replied, “Yes.” The [...]
